ISTANBUL , Turkey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Were nine attractive young Turkish women duped and imprisoned in a villa by Internet soft-core porn peddlers ? Or did they simply call in the police to help them break their contract with an Internet contest similar to the reality TV show `` Big Brother '' ?

A lawyer for the production company , Istanbul Group Electronic Trade Communications and Advertising A.S. , is arguing the latter .

In a written statement on the company 's Web site , Hilmi Tufan Cakir denied reports published in the Turkish and international media , that nine women were trapped against their will in an Istanbul villa , while cameras sold their images on the Internet .

`` My client organized a contest with reward money , contracts were signed with the contestant girls , '' the lawyer 's statement said . `` In accordance with the contracts signed by the nine girls , this contest was to be broadcast on the Internet live . ''

But on Friday , an officer with a Turkish gendarme unit , told CNN that security forces raided the reality show 's villa earlier this week , after they received a complaint .

`` We detained one person , '' said the gendarme officer , who asked not to be identified . `` There were eight or nine young girls , some younger then 18 , who were returned to their families . ''

Turkish television showed footage of gendarme officers raiding the villa and detaining a suspect earlier this week .

The disputed Web-site is a page of hot pink graphics and photos of scantily clad young women , accompanied by throbbing dance music and the title , `` We Are at Home . ''

It shows video of the villa and its pool , and flashes photos of the nine female `` contestants '' as well as a list of ratings for viewers , who can vote for their favorite lady via cell phone text message . Audience members were also encouraged to send `` virtual gifts '' to the contestants , like pink panties , beer , chocolate and a pearl necklace .

Each resident of the house had their own introductory video . The women , dressed in mini-skirts and bikinis , pose by the villa 's pool , dance around in revealing outfits , and introduce themselves to the camera .

In one segment , a hostess named Zeynep Karacan , who wears a long dress with a plunging neck line , reads from cue cards , introduces viewers to the house and its residents , who enter one-by-one waving to the camera and carrying luggage .

According to the Web site 's rating system , the second most popular contestant was woman from the town of Kocaeli who went by the name `` Tugce . '' Text on the web-page said she was 18-years old , born on September 14th , 1990 . But in her on-camera appearance , Tugce tells the audience `` I am 16 . ''

She wears a purple bikini by the pool and goes on to say `` I came here to be discovered . My biggest dream is to be a model . ''

In Turkish press reports , the women said they signed contracts requiring them to pay fines of more then $ 30,000 if they left the show before it completed filming .

This is not the first time scandal has rocked the booming reality TV industry in Turkey .

In 2005 , a male contestant from the hit show `` Would You Be My Bride ? '' died of an apparent drug overdose after the season wrapped up production . On that show , mothers helped their sons choose a bride .

The mother of the young man who killed himself , has since gone on to host another reality match-making TV show .

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Police : 8 or 9 young girls , some under 18 , were returned to their families

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Turkish television showed footage of gendarme officers raiding the villa

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Women were to take part in a Big Brother-style show on the Internet

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Report : Women signed contracts requiring them to pay fines if they left show